Saturday, June 8, 2013

1992


The Top 150 Hits of… 1992

Decided to take a break from more recent years and step back to the 90’s. 1992 was the first full year Billboard used the new, more accurate methods of compiling the Hot 100.

“Steel Bars” by Michael Bolton (#84) is the only song here that wasn’t released as a single. I remember thinking at the time how unfortunate that was as I was not a Bolton fan, this was one of the few songs of his that I liked, and I sure wasn’t going to buy his album to get it. I found out what I liked about it when I saw the writing credits: He co-wrote it with Bob Dylan.

Color Me Badd’s “Forever Love” (#71) was released as a single, but not until after it had already peaked at radio after 8 weeks on the airplay chart.

As will always be the case until radio-only songs were allowed on the Hot 100 in 1999, I used the airplay chart history for weeks in which a song was not on the main chart.

“Human Touch / Better Days” by Bruce Springsteen (#113) was a double a-sided single. Sales of the single plus airplay from both songs were combined for its Hot 100 point total every week. “Better Days” didn’t get a lot of airplay but what little it got surely enhanced the single’s chart performance. “Human Touch” would likely have been a few places lower on the year-end chart without it.

Boyz II Men set a new record for weeks at #1 with “End of the Road” (13 weeks). This had more to do with the new methodology than anything else. In fact that record would stand less than a year before it was broken again by Whitney Houston, then again by Boyz II Men two years after that, this time with Mariah Carey.

It wasn’t just #1 either. Turnover at the top of the chart slowed down considerably. In 1991, 102 songs made the top 10. In 1992, only 68 did. Before ’92, songs on this year-end list that peaked below #25 or so on the weekly chart were unusual. Post-’92, there are a few songs here that never made the top 40.


  1. End of the Road – Boyz II Men
  2. Baby Got Back – Sir Mix-a-Lot
  3. Baby-Baby-Baby – TLC
  4. Jump – Kris Kross
  5. Save the Best for Last – Vanessa Williams
  6. All 4 Love – Color Me Badd
  7. Just Another Day – Jon Secada
  8. Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
  9. My Lovin’ (You’re Never Gonna Get It) – En Vogue
  10. Under the Bridge – Red Hot Chili Peppers
  11. I Love Your Smile – Shanice
  12. Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough – Patty Smyth with Don Henley
  13. Jump Around – House of Pain
  14. To Be with You – Mr. Big
  15. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
  16. Black or White – Michael Jackson
  17. Finally – CeCe Peniston
  18. It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday – Boyz II Men
  19. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
  20. Set Adrift on Memory Bliss – P.M. Dawn
  21. How Do You Talk to An Angel – The Heights
  22. I’ll Be There – Mariah Carey
  23. November Rain – Guns n’ Roses
  24. Can’t Let Go – Mariah Carey
  25. Life Is a Highway – Tom Cochrane
  26. Remember the Time – Michael Jackson
  27. This Used to Be My Playground – Madonna
  28. When a Man Loves a Woman – Michael Bolton
  29. Diamonds and Pearls – Prince and the N.P.G.
  30. Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me – George Michael/Elton John
  31. Masterpiece – Atlantic Starr
  32. If You Asked Me To – Celine Dion
  33. Humpin’ Around – Bobby Brown
  34. Giving Him Something He Can Feel – En Vogue
  35. Live and Learn – Joe Public
  36. Tell Me What You Want Me to Do – Tevin Campbell
  37. Come & Talk to Me – Jodeci
  38. Smells Like Teen Spirit – Nirvana
  39. Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover – Sophie B. Hawkins
  40. Ain’t 2 Proud 2 Beg – TLC
  41. Back to the Hotel – N2Deep
  42. Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen
  43. Move This – Technotronic feat. Ya Kid K
  44. Tennessee – Arrested Development
  45. The Best Things in Life Are Free – Luther Vandross and Janet Jackson
  46. Would I Lie to You? – Charles & Eddie
  47. Make It Happen – Mariah Carey
  48. She’s Playing Hard to Get – Hi-Five
  49. Blowing Kisses in the Wind – Paula Abdul
  50. 2 Legit 2 Quit – Hammer
  51. People Everyday – Arrested Development
  52. The One – Elton John
  53. Stay – Shakespear’s Sister
  54. Please Don’t Go – K.W.S.
  55. Breakin’ My Heart (Pretty Brown Eyes) – Mint Condition
  56. Wishing on a Star – The Cover Girls
  57. Good for Me – Amy Grant
  58. Walking on Broken Glass – Annie Lennox
  59. All I Want – Toad the Wet Sprocket
  60. I Can’t Dance – Genesis
  61. That’s What Love Is For – Amy Grant
  62. Hazard – Richard Marx
  63. Mysterious Ways – U2
  64. Free Your Mind – En Vogue
  65. Too Funky – George Michael
  66. One – U2
  67. No Son of Mine – Genesis
  68. Wildside – Marky Mark & the Funky Bunch
  69. Have You Ever Needed Someone So Bad – Def Leppard
  70. When I Look into Your Eyes – Firehouse
  71. Forever Love – Color Me Badd
  72. Keep On Walkin’ – CeCe Peniston
  73. Hold On My Heart – Genesis
  74. The Way I Feel About You – Karyn White
  75. Beauty and the Beast – Celine Dion and Peabo Bryson
  76. Warm It Up – Kris Kross
  77. In the Closet – Michael Jackson
  78. Do I Have to Say the Words? – Bryan Adams
  79. Erotica – Madonna
  80. Friday I’m in Love – The Cure
  81. Everything About You – Ugly Kid Joe
  82. Keep Coming Back – Richard Marx
  83. Thought I’d Die and Gone to Heaven – Bryan Adams
  84. Steel Bars – Michael Bolton
  85. Addams Groove – Hammer
  86. Missing You Now – Michael Bolton
  87. Everything Changes – Kathy Troccoli
  88. Take This Heart – Richard Marx
  89. I Wanna Love You – Jade
  90. Uhh Ahh – Boyz II Men
  91. Justified and Ancient – The KLF feat. Tammy Wynette
  92. Broken Arrow – Rod Stewart
  93. Live for Loving You – Gloria Estefan
  94. Slow Motion – Color Me Badd
  95. Thinkin’ Back – Color Me Badd
  96. Keep It Comin’ – Keith Sweat
  97. Just Take My Heart – Mr. Big
  98. I Will Remember You – Amy Grant
  99. We Got a Love Thang – CeCe Peniston
  100. I Can’t Make You Love Me – Bonnie Raitt
  101. Forever My Lady – Jodeci
  102. Let’s Get Rocked – Def Leppard
  103. They Want EFX – Das EFX
  104. Someone to Hold – Trey Lorenz
  105. Nu Nu – Lidell Townsell & M.T.F.
  106. I’ll Get By – Eddie Money
  107. Mind Playing Tricks on Me – Geto Boys
  108. Do It to Me – Lionel Richie
  109. Jesus He Knows Me – Genesis
  110. Is It Good to You – Heavy D & the Boyz
  111. I’m the One You Need – Jody Watley
  112. Angel Baby – Angelica
  113. Human Touch / Better Days – Bruce Springsteen
  114. You Remind Me – Mary J. Blige
  115. Oochie Coochie – MC Brains
  116. Just for Tonight – Vanessa Williams
  117. Restless Heart – Peter Cetera
  118. Change – Lisa Stansfield
  119. I’ve Got a Lot to Learn About Love – The Storm
  120. Spending My Time – Roxette
  121. Too Blind to See It – Kym Sims
  122. Love Me All Up – Stacy Earl
  123. I Will Be Here for You – Michael W. Smith
  124. You Won’t See Me Cry – Wilson Phillips
  125. Nothing Broken But My Heart – Celine Dion
  126. Vibeology – Paula Abdul
  127. Kiss You Back – Digital Underground
  128. Until Your Love Comes Back Around – RTZ
  129. Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good) – Rozalla
  130. Crossover – EPMD
  131. Save Up All Your Tears – Cher
  132. Will You Marry Me? – Paula Abdul
  133. Take Time – Chris Walker
  134. Tender Kisses – Tracie Spencer
  135. Always the Last to Know – Del Amitri
  136. Top of the World – Van Halen
  137. Mama, I’m Coming Home – Ozzy Osbourne
  138. Jam – Michael Jackson
  139. Slow Dance (Hey Mr. DJ) – R. Kelly & Public Announcement
  140. What Becomes of the Brokenhearted – Paul Young
  141. I Wanna Be Your Girl – Icy Blu
  142. Not Enough Time – INXS
  143. Give U My Heart – Babyface feat. Toni Braxton
  144. Stay – Jodeci
  145. What Goes Around Comes Around – Giggles
  146. Come As You Are – Nirvana
  147. Why – Annie Lennox
  148. If You Go Away – New Kids on the Block
  149. You Showed Me – Salt-n-Pepa
  150. Mr. Loverman – Shabba Ranks
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